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Diversity in Kid's Literature October 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Thea and the Mischief Makers
by Tracy Badua
This magical, middle grade adventure follows star athlete Thea, who must face her worst fears when two mischievous duwendes, Filipino goblins, threaten to wreak havoc on her life and destroy her town.
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The Shape of Lost Things
by Sarah Everett
From the author of The Probability of Everything comes a heartfelt exploration of family and change as 12-year-old Skye reunites with her older brother, Finn, after he spent four years on the run with their father.
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A brush with magic
by Flora Ahn
During her first trip to Korea, 12-year-old Yumi discovers a magical ink brush in her grandfather's attic which inadvertently summons a dokkaebi, a creature from Korean fairy tales, and embarks on an adventure through Seoul while navigating newfound powers and the consequences of her magic.
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Instafamous
by Erika J. Kendrick
Lyric Whitney Houston Darby has always wanted to be famous, just like her superstar mom, so when the hottest music-competition TV show announces auditions in town, it's her chance to compete, in a witty story that speaks to the importance of friendship and family.
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Find her
by Ginger Reno
"Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing"
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Jasmine is haunted
by Mark Oshiro
Twelve-year-old Jasmine has been haunted by a ghost ever since her father passed away, and her new supernaturally inclined friends are determined to help her figure out why.
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The queen of Ocean Parkway
by Sarvenaz Tash
When favorite tenant Katya Petrov goes missing from 11-year-old Roya's Brooklyn apartment building, Roya discovers an eerie connection to an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island and vows to find Katya to break the Petrov family curse.
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The no-brainer's guide to decomposition
by Adrianna Cuevas
This spooky middle grade novel follows Frani as she fights to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory - that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD.
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The Flicker
by H. E. Edgmon
Leaving home with their infant half-brother in search of Millie's Seminole elder grandma, step-sisters Mille and Rose get some unexpected help braving the hostile wasteland to make it to her safely, but the Hive, a villainous group hoarding supplies and living in luxury, stand in their way.
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